Dan Weisberg spent most of his time as first deputy chancellor of NYC Public Schools trying to block full implementation of a law that would cap class sizes in lower grades at 20-23 students.
Now he says we need AI in classrooms because it’s too difficult for teachers to handle 25-30 students. 🤦🏻♂️
Shameful! @governor.ny.gov sides with Trump & w/ private & religious schools that discriminate against LGBTQ kids and kids w/disabilities to curry favor with big donors. @rweingarten.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @sanders.senate.gov
What lesson does it send our students when the person spearheading the development of AI policy for the nation’s largest public school system - the Chief Academic Officer of New York City Public Schools - can’t write an ode to human resilience without using AI?
Pretty cool job opening in Berkeley for someone passionate about Chinese film: bampfa.org/page/curator...
A GUIDE TO MAO'S CHINA by Gavin Healy explores how personnel within #China's state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign tourism with demands for developing a revenue-generating service industry in a socialist economy.
Learn more here:
https://ow.ly/GQox50YkK9N
Google GSV -- the same people who brought Gary Biedleman, of the failed AI high school, and Mia Pate, our "AI Integrationist" Chief Academic Officer.
"AI is like air. Because it's invisible, it's ubiquitous, and you're going to need it to live."
@mayor.nyc.gov why is my tax money paying for this?
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I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Governor Hochul: No School Vouchers in NY. Not Now, Not Ever! Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Just published this on Medium with Johanna Bjorken. Why an AI-themed high school with screened admissions is a bad idea if Mayor Mamdani is serious about school integration: medium.com/@gavinhealy/...
Remember: any time you see the Manhattan Institute, the Post, the Atlantic, etc screaming and crying about school spending in New York City (but not the suburbs/rurals that spend more), they are really just saying that kids with disabilities shouldn’t be identified or receive appropriate services
Curatorial Fellow, Chinese Cinema (9722C) Position Overview This Curatorial Fellow position is a full-time, 18-month limited appointment that contributes to BAMPFA's film department. This 18-month pla...
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A Guide to Mao's China explores how personnel within China's state tourism bureaucracy during the Mao era struggled to balance inbound foreign tourism as a form of political, historical, and cultural...
The voucher part of Trump’s tax bill was always about defunding snd destabilizing public schools. Disappointed the Gov would side with big donors rather then even wait to see if the voucher regs even help parents who send their kids to public schools. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2026...
Keep NYC Families Safe! NYCPS Must Revise Protocols Regarding ICE
We are ringing the alarm on Governor Hochul's announced intention to opt New York State into Trump’s Education Freedom Tax Credit — a school voucher program enacted as part of the Republican-backed "O...
